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OCC urges commission to prioritize SFPD pursuit policy, highlights language-access and mental-health recommendations
Summary
The Office of Citizen Complaints told the Police Commission it prioritizes presentation of Department General Order 5.05 (pursuit and driving response) and raised language-access, juvenile, officer-involved-shooting and mental-health recommendations; the police chief said 5.05 is with command staff and the City Attorney but gave no completion date.
The Office of Citizen Complaints told the San Francisco Police Commission on November 2 that its top policy priority is the presentation to the commission of Department General Order 5.05, the SFPD—s pursuit and driving-response directive. Samra Marion, an attorney policy analyst with the OCC, said the OCC has provided the department with a list of 20 outstanding recommendations and singled out 5.05 as the number-one priority.
"Our first priority is to have the presentation to the commission of 5.05, which is the pursuit and response driving Department General Order," Marion said. The OCC also highlighted language-access work, juvenile-related recommendations, officer-involved-shooting reviews and mental-health response policies as key outstanding items.
Director Joyce Hicks told commissioners the OCC has received 17 complainants related to Occupy SF and consolidated those contacts into four numbered complaints organized by time, location and occurrence; she said the allegations are currently recorded as allegations, not proven facts. "We have heard from 17 complainants. We've consolidated those complaints into 4, numbered complaints," Hicks said, outlining alleged issues that include First Amendment violations, seizure or improper processing of property, invalid orders, handcuffing and unnecessary force.
Commissioners pressed for a timeline on 5.05. Chief Greg Serb said the draft DGO 5.05 is "currently with our command staff and they are in conversation with the City Attorney's Office," but he did not provide a completion date. "I've spoken to miss Porter at the City Attorney's Office, and I've spoken to my commanding officer, and neither of them give me a date," he said.
Commissioner Angela Chan asked the OCC and the department to prioritize language access and to co-present on implementation at an upcoming meeting; Director Hicks confirmed the OCC will be available to participate. The commission scheduled language-access work for discussion the following week.
Next steps: the OCC said it will provide its third-quarter statistical report and the October monthly report at the next meeting. The commission did not adopt new policy at this session; it requested updates and prioritized DGO 5.05 for further scheduling.
